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Kevin Bacon has revealed that he and wife Kyra Sedgwick lost "most" of their fortune after being duped by Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.WOW: Kevin Bacon's barely-recognizable appearance makes fans do a double takeSpeaking on Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes' Smartless podcast, the Apollo 13 star shared that he and Kyra "had most of our money in Madoff". He confirmed that the pair, who married in 1988, had recuperated a "portion" of their funds back through the Madoff Victim Fund, but that they still hadn't recovered all of their losses.WATCH: Relive Kevin Bacon and Syra Sedgwick's love storySpeaking about the moment, Kevin mused: "There's obvious life lessons there –– if something is too good to be true, it's too good to be true."MORE: Kevin Bacon dances in character as he marks end of City on a Hill season 3READ: Kevin Bacon shares emotional tribute to the cast and crew of his Showtime series City On A HillBernie Madoff founded Bernard L.

Mark Margolis, a veteran actor with hundreds of credits dating back to the 1970s but perhaps best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of cartel don Hector “Tio” Salamanca on TV’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness. He was 83.

a glowing profile of Elizabeth Holmes, which painted the Theranos founder, who was found guilty of defrauding investors out of more than $100 million, as a “devoted mother” who volunteered for a rape crisis hotline.The profile, written by former writer at large Amy Chozick, opens with a flowery description of Holmes as “blend[ing] in with the other moms” at the San Diego Zoo as she cares for a newborn strapped to her chest and “swathed in a Baby Yoda nursing blanket,” as Chozick noted that Holmes has ditched her black turtlenecks for a new maternal persona.As people reacted to the profile, which documented several ocean-side meetings between Holmes and Chozick, many Twitter users were taken aback that the author was clearly charmed by Holmes, whose company’s historic downfall was portrayed in “The Dropout.”Former CNN host Soledad O’Brien remarked, “nice to be a pretty white lady working your charm on a NYT reporter.”“My Friend Bernie Madoff: Cold-Blooded Crook Who Defrauded 37,000 People or Affable Schnorrer Who Made Mistakes?” writer Joyce Carol Oates added while another user commented that Chozick “spent a lot of time with Elizabeth Holmes and got conned just like her board, her investors, her employees.”“For every glowing puff piece you see trying to rehabilitate Elizabeth Holmes’s image, I want you to remember something,” another user wrote.

Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon doesn't think fans should look to him for relationship advice.The 64-year-old actor was a guest on Thursday's episode of , and shared that this year marks his 35th wedding anniversary with Sedgwick.«That's a lot of years,» he admitted of his marriage. «People feel a tremendous amount of excitement.

Netflix has given a formal limited series order to Zero Day, a conspiracy thriller from Eric Newman (The Watcher, Narcos), Noah Oppenheim (Jackie, The Thing About Pam) and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Michael S. Schmidt, with Robert De Niro attached to star and executive produce in his first series regular television role. Additionally, Leslie Linka Glatter (Homeland, Mad Men, Love & Death) will direct all episodes and executive produce. The project had been in development at Netflix since November 2022.

Five years ago, Robert De Niro made his first foray into TV acting with HBO‘s “The Wizard Of Lies,” about businessman fraudster Bernie Madoff. Now, Deadline reports (via Variety) that the two-time Oscar winner has a new TV role in the works over at Netflix, a project that De Niro will also executive produce.

EXCLUSIVE: Kathrine Narducci will be working again, not just with Robert De Niro, but also filmmaker Barry Levinson, in the latter’s mob pic Wise Guys at Warner Bros.

Kevin Bacon opened up about his experience losing “most” of his fortune when Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme collapsed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The 64-year-old actor spoke about his and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick’s experience on Monday’s episode of the “SmartLess” podcast hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes.

Kevin Bacon was the “It” boy of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Starring in iconic movies like Footloose, Friday the 13th and Apollo 13, his filmography puts him at the center of the Hollywood universe—so much so that Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can connect him to almost any screen star, living or dead, in six or fewer steps. You’d think because of his cult status that Kevin Bacon’s net worth would be considerable, but in an episode of the podcast Smartless, the Footloose star detailed losing “most” of his fortune to Bernie Madoff—the disgraced financier and fraudster orchestrated the biggest financial fraud in US history, worth about $64.8 billion. “We had most of our money in Madoff,” Bacon told hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett on the episode published October 10, 2022. “There’s obvious life lessons there – if something is too good to be true, it’s too good to be true.” How did all of this affect Kevin Bacon’s net worth? Read on.

Kevin Bacon opened up about his experience losing «most» of his fortune when Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme collapsed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The 64-year-old actor spoke about his and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick's experience on Monday's episode of the «SmartLess» podcast hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes. «We had most of our money in Madoff,» Bacon said.

Kevin Bacon is opening up about his involvement in Bernie Madoff‘s Ponzi scheme, which lost the actor “most” of his money.

Robert De Niro will star in the Warner Bros. mob drama Wise Guys from director Barry Levinson, Deadline can confirm. The project reunites the duo following their collaborations on the Emmy-nominated HBO TV movie The Wizard of Lies, which had De Niro playing Bernie Madoff, and Magnolia Pictures’ 2008 dramedy, What Just Happened, as well as the director’s earlier films Wag the Dog and Sleepers.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, the division run by Mike Darnell, is entering the feature documentary acquisitions market with its first big purchase – rights to Canadian true-con doc The Talented Mr. Rosenberg.

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Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel, a doc series from Some Kind of Monster director Joe Berlinger, was watched by 45M households on Netflix in its first four weeks.

The rise and fall of American financier and convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is the subject of a new docuseries ordered by Netflix. The as-yet untitled series hails from Paradise Lost and Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes director Joe Berlinger and RadicalMedia in association with Berlinger’s Third Eye Motion Picture Company.

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Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died in a federal prison early Wednesday. He was 82.

The bureau said Madoff's cause of death would be determined by a medical examiner.Last year, Madoff's lawyers filed court papers to try to get him released from prison in the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he had suffered from end-stage renal disease and other chronic medical conditions.

Bernie Madoff, the disgraced financier who pleaded guilty to running a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, died in federal prison early Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

William Earl Bernie Madoff, the disgraced investment advisor who was serving out a 150-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme and committing other financial crimes, died early Wednesday at 82, the Associated Press reported.Madoff was notorious for leading one of the largest ponzi schemes in history, which targeted scores of wealthy investors and celebrities, including Larry King, Kevin Bacon and John Malkovich.

Bernie Madoff, the convicted Ponzi schemer whose long-term, multi-billion-dollar financial manipulations ruined clients and rattled financial markets, has died.

Bernie Madoff, the man responsible for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has passed away in prison on Wednesday (April 14).

Michelle Pfeiffer, 62, didn’t just post any ordinary selfies on May 15. In honor of Flash Back Friday, Michelle reminisced on playing Ruth Madoff — the wife of Bernie Madoff, a former Wall Street hotshot who’s now serving time for operating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme — in the 2017 film Wizard of Lies.